-1I don't own Naruto, yadda yadda, It would be different, yadda yadda, no gay Naruto, yadda yadda. Most of you have seen this plenty of times, so on to the story!

Chapter 7: Infiltration, Execution, and Realization

"Troublesome…"

Shikamaru, Naruto, and Sasuke were all awaiting the arrival of their sensei's at the Eastern gate. Shikamaru leaned on a tree with his arms folded, Naruto sat cross legged on the ground next to him , and Sasuke sat in the tree resting. All three wondered what was going on, but the Hokage only smiled in their faces and said they would enjoy the mission. At first Naruto was excited about receiving a B-rank mission, but upon learning that he wasn't to know what it was began to get suspicious.

"I think the old man is hiding something. There's no way this is a normal mission."

"I agree with the dobe. They would have told us, at least one detail."

"It's obvious that it isn't a normal mission. But whatever it is, we definitely won't enjoy it."

All three sigh in unison.

"I wonder who our instructors are." Naruto said.

"I'd say people who know us. He did say there would be three of them as well. If I had to guess, I'd say Iruka-sensei, for you Naruto, my dad, since Kurenai-sensei hasn't gotten to know us too well yet, and Hatake Kakashi for you Sasuke."

"Why Kakashi-sensei? He hasn't gotten to know us that well either." He called from in the tree.

"There's no one else I can think of that's worked with you besides Iruka-sensei. If I'm right about him going with Naruto, that only leaves Kakashi."

"That's some hell of a guess, I'm proud of you." Shikaku called, appearing along with Kakashi and Iruka.

Naruto was shocked to see the three appear, just because of the fact that Shikamaru had guessed one hundred percent correctly. He could tell that Shikamaru was much smarter than he had initially thought.

"Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei, what's the deal? The Hokage didn't tell us what the mission was."

"We know Naruto, that's because it's B-rank confidential." Iruka answered.

"What's that?"

"We can't explain here. We leave now, so we'll explain on the way."

After checking for final preparations, they all venture away from the village. Once they were a considerable distance away from the village, Kakashi called a halt to the group and they landed in a clearing.

Naruto was anxious, having finally started his first real mission, and now wanted to know, "What is this mission!"

"Calm down, Naruto. We'll explain once Shikaku has done a perimeter check."

Naruto turned around and noticed Shikaku squatting and holding a hand sign.

"Shikamaru, help me out will ya."

"Tch, whatever."

Shikamaru squatted back to back with his father and held the same hand sign. Then their shadows began to wriggle.

"Shadow search jutsu." Shikamaru called.

"Multi shadow search jutsu!" Shikaku called.

Shikamaru's shadow began to form up into the air. Then it took his shape and appearance until it became a perfect clone. Shikaku did the same, only creating six clones. Then the clones ran out into the bushes.

"Why are you using chakra if you only made one clone, Shikamaru?" Naruto asked.

"Quiet Naruto, let them concentrate." Iruka said.

A few minutes later and their shadows retracted back to normal.

"Okay, now can you tell me?"

Shikaku leaned an arm on Shikamaru's head. "Sure kid. We use those clones so we can avoid unnecessary danger such as an ambush. The clone is much stronger than a kage bunshin or water clone. It can take substantial amounts of damage. However, we can't move while using them. Our consciousness is sent into the clone, or in my case into all six of them. That way, we can be in complete control at anytime."

"Alright! Can you show me how to do it?" He pleadingly asked.

"Sorry Naruto, but that's a clan specialty." Shikamaru lazily called, pushing his father away.

"So, all clear?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah."

"Now, onto the mission." Iruka said getting in close.

"Listen up you three. We have information that the next town over has been occupied by bandit ninja who stole some documents containing the third Hokage's most deadly secrets of Konoha. If anyone would have found out, it would have made Konoha an easy target, and trust is a very hard thing to have now a days. That's why we needed to discuss this in private. Your jobs is to infiltrate the town, and abstract the documents. However, we need you to be discreet about it."

Iruka paused, and looked at Sasuke who was staring at the ground.

"What's wrong Sasuke?"

"How exactly do you expect us to find a certain type of documents in a town? If it's over run by bandits, then there's no way for us to get it unnoticed."

"That's why you three will be posing as bandits. You three will go in undercover and try to dig up as much info on the documents and the motives of the group. That's where we come in. We will be watching the whole time in case something goes wrong."

"Why exactly aren't you three coming as well?" Shikamaru called.

"They already have us down. They know that the Third sent ninja, and they're expecting either Jounin or Chunin. That's why we needed genin with good stealth skills." Shikaku answered his son.

"Stealth skills?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes. You are very slick and passive Sasuke, making you easy to slip by unnoticed. Shikamaru is nonchalant, so no one would suspect him anyway. Besides, he's quiet as a mouse around the house, and catches me off guard a lot."

"What about me?" Naruto piped up forcing Shikaku to continue.

"Settle down. You Naruto, are very fast. Plus your flexibility can help get you in and out of tight places."

They all pause for a second. Then Kakashi turned to Shikaku.

"Have you been reading my Ichi Ichi paradise book?"

"You know what I meant Kakashi. It was just a mix in words."

"Enough. Now listen you three. This mission is very dangerous and you can't afford to blow your cover. What you need to know about the bandits is they show no mercy. Their leader is a man by the name of Mitsiomi Nabuka. However, we don't know if eh will have the documents or not. If he doesn't then there are two other people who may have them."

"Iruka's right about one thing, they show no mercy. About Nabuka being the leader, I'm not so sure. The chick seemed to be pulling the strings to me." Shikaku stated.

"Maybe because she's the only thing you were really paying attention to, and I doubt Yoshino will take kindly to that when we tell her." Kakashi came to Iruka's defense, who graciously thanked him for the save. Shikaku on the other hand had placed himself by a tree, away from the group sulking.

"Stop getting off subject. Who are the other two people?" Naruto was getting agitated.

"Nani Aiko and the demon Botai."

"He's someone you need to watch out for. They call him the demon because he took out an entire anbu attack force alone." Kakashi explained.

"I could have sworn that Botai was killed." Shikamaru thought out loud.

"That's what we want people to believe so they won't worry."

"So you give people a sense of false security?" Sasuke called. "Pitiful."

"What now Sasuke?"

"…Nothing…"

After that, Kakashi unraveled a scroll that contained three brown uniforms and suspender jeans.

"Seriously? These look almost as bad as the tights Rock Lee and Gai wear. This is gonna be a drag…" Shikamaru mumbled.

"Oh come on, for bandits they wear crappy ass clothes." Naruto called trying to put them on.

"Those are the leg parts dobe."

"Shut it teme, I know what I'm doing!" He growled, trying to force a leg over his head.

All three instructors watched a little disappointed. None of them were showing the finesse that top ranked academy students usually did. Nor were they showing any potential at being genin, besides the intricate questions they've sent their instructors way. Once all three were dressed, they were giving codenames.

"Sasuke, your code name is Sasuno." Kakashi told him.

"For you Shikamaru, Shinoske."

Naruto giddily stared at Iruka for his name.

"Come on Iruka-sensei what's my code name?"

"Hmm…how about…Virgion?"

Naruto glared at Iruka. "That's not funny."

"Well what do you want?"

He thought about it for a second. "Kyu."

All three adults present winced at the name. Shikaku, being the only one of them who didn't know of what transpired between Naruto and Mizuki stood and tried to change the subject.

"Look, let's move on-"

"No. If that's what you really want Naruto." Iruka said with a frown on his face.

Naruto nodded after hearing the fox chuckling in his head. He would ask why later and decided to focus on the current mission.

"Alright, now that you have your codenames, it's time for the final part. Sasuke, Naruto, since you two are known well throughout at least ten villages around Konoha, you will have to henge into different people." Kakashi finally explained.

"I hope that you two are good at it."

"Why are me and the dobe known but not Shikamaru?" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke, you're the last Uchiha in Konoha. Not only that, but it's no secret that you're also a prodigy." Kakashi explained with pride.

"And me?" Naruto asked but already knew the answer. Sad how his best friend was known for something good, and he for the exact opposite.

They all remained silent for a few minutes before Shikaku decided to explain.

"Who doesn't know the one person who's played a prank on the third hokage more than twenty times a week." He called laughing.

Sasuke and Shikamaru believed the reason, however, some doubt lingered. That didn't really seem like such an important thing to be known for. Naruto, himself took the news as, don't let anyone else know. Feeling uncomfortable with the new subject as well, Shikaku decided to change it once more.

"Alright, now about your henges."

"Already on it." They called in unison, forming hand signs.

They disappeared in two puffs of smoke. In their place stood two distinctly different people. In Sasuke's place stood a boy with long black hair down to his thighs. The lower end of his hair was tied in a red and white ribbon, subtly indicating the Uchiha colors. His face held a sharper chisel and instead of relaying his usual careless glare, gave a full alert look. His eyes were dark blue. All of his hair was away from his face, letting every detail show.

In the place of Naruto, something unexpected occurred. A boy with thick dark red hair smirked at those around him. The dark whisker like marks on his cheeks were gone and his eyes were a tinted orange. Just as Sasuke, his face held a sharper sculpt, making him look at least 16, although his height said otherwise. His hair was spiked and pointed back, long enough to reach his mid back. He had one long bang on the right side of his face. They all noticed that he had one small orange diamond stud in his right ear.

"So?" They called sounding like two completely different people.

"Impressive. Hell, they're so good, you can actually use them as second alias'." Iruka complimented.

"Not quiet. Although it is an amazing henge, and you even managed to change your voices, you haven't changed your chakra signatures at all. If the enemy knew your true identity, this would all be for naught."

Kakashi was right. Almost everything about them was changed except for height and chakra.

"That's alright though. You're just genin, so we didn't expect that. We didn't even expect this."

"It feels like we're doing spy missions not infiltration." Sasuke complained in a crisp tone that sounded like mix between his voice and Shino's.

"All the same. You have to be serious about this. The entire village depends on the success of this mission. There's no room for mistakes."

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As tiring as it was, he actually enjoyed the walk to Hokage tower. It was more peaceful than leaping from building to building to get strait to his office, in which many jounin had been doing nowadays. As he reached the door to the tower, he sighed. Should he really go through with it? Why not? He bet the people who attacked Naruto didn't think twice about what they were doing. He pushed all doubts away and continued on into the tower.

All around personnel were trying to do paper work the Hokage himself neglected to do. He sighed at the many papers flying through the air and walked by. Once in front of the Hokage's office he thought of a way to explain his situation to him, however, he heard a voice on the other side of the door.

"Come in Inoichi."

He was startled at the Third's voice. He hesitantly opened the door and looked in. The Third had a stern look on his face. Inoichi sighed once more and slowly entered the room.

"How did you know it was me Hokage-sama?"

"It is really complicated to hide your chakra signature when something is troubling you ,eh, Inoichi?"

He looked away.

"No doubt, I expect you're going to tell me what it is?"

His gaze didn't shift. The Third sat in silence, waiting for Inoichi to continue. Finally, Inoichi lifted his gaze from the chair next to him and faced the Hokage.

"Lord Hokage, what I'm about to tell you will be utterly outrageous, I understand, so I will explain everything from the beginning."

"Go on."

"Naruto has been coming to the flower shop often, since he and Ino have become friends, and over the past few visits, he and I have developed a somewhat close relationship." He paused, seeing if the Hokage was following.

"He…told me of things villagers have done to him-"

"Oh, that…"

"You knew?"

"Yes. I have tried many of times to capture the villagers that destroy Naruto's possessions and more."

"…That's not it Hokage. A few weeks back…Naruto was…raped. By several villagers."

The Third's eyes flew open. He stood and grabbed his jacket.

"Uh-lord Hokage…where are you going?"

"Come Inoichi, we are going to the hospital."

Inoichi didn't have a clue what the Third was doing and followed as he was told. He wondered if it was a good idea to go to the Third about what he wanted to do. He had no doubt the Hokage would probably try to stop him, or even scold him for the thought. They walked towards the hospital, the Hokage moving quickly, which surprised Inoichi. As soon as they were inside the hospital, the Third rose his hand.

At first, there was a line in front of the main desk, however when the people saw the Third raise his hand, they instantly dispersed. Inoichi had enough experience to understand that the Hokage meant business when he did that. So they walked towards the desk, the woman behind it cowering under the ki the Hokage was emitting. He looked down at the woman who hastily greeted him.

"Ko-konichiwa Lord Hokage-sama. Wha-what brings you here today."

Instead of returning the woman's greeting, he looked her right in the eye. Leaning forward until he was only inches from her face, he growled.

"Pull up the medical history for Naruto Uzamaki from the last two months."

The woman almost died from the Hokage's voice and instantly did as he instructed. She was typing quickly, making a few errors. However, after a while she faced the Hokage and the fear on her face was evident that something was wrong.

"Si-sir…there are no medical records for Naruto Uzamaki at all for the past three years."

Even Inoichi took a few steps back after the woman spoke.

'No records for three years? So even the hospital has been hurting him…' Inoichi thought.

The Hokage, on his part, had already had enough. He held his hand out, looking at the intercom phone. The woman handed it to him, quickly pulling her hand back as if he had tried to bite it off. He held the phone to his ear and then cleared his throat.

"EVERY NURSE AND DOCTOR THAT HAS EVER TREATED NARUTO UZAMAKI IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, REPORT TO THE MAIN DESK IMMEDIATELY!"

The booming scream of the Hokage rang out like a roar from the Kyubi. Everything grew silent and still. Then doctors and nurses began to walk into the main lobby, all looking scared out of their asses. Inoichi hated to be them at that moment. He waited, wondering what the Hokage was doing.

"Ye-yes Hokage, sir?" One doctor asked.

"You all have treated Naruto? Why, shall I ask, is there not more of you? Naruto has been to this facility more than anyone else in the village, and as far as I'm concerned, every doctor here should have treated him at some point in time."

No one said anything. The truth was, no one ever wanted to treat him. They thought exactly what everyone else had. Those who did treat him were either forced by Iruka, or some doctor who actually did care for the blonde, if there were any.

"Fine. All of you line up now. We will start with you."

One by one, the Hokage began interrogating them. The first one was the man who had spoken first.

"When was the last time you treated Naruto Uzamaki?"

"I-I only treated him once sir. Two years ago."

"And why aren't there any records of any medical attention to him in the main files?"

"I…I don't know. I-I swear, I made a report sir. Honest!"

"What did Naruto come in for?" Inoichi asked.

"Severe spinal injury from countless blows to his back with a blunt object. He was in for several weeks."

The woman sitting at the desk called again.

"Lord Hokage, I found something. It's the history of deleted files and all of it belongs to Uzamaki. However, these files are only from one year ago. No one made a report at all before last year."

"Arigatou." He said to the woman. However, he turned towards the first doctor who was shaking in his loafers.

"So you lied to me. You never made a report."

"I…I did! I swear on my children!"

The Hokage growled and put his hands together, preparing to do a hand sign.

"No lord Hokage!" A voice at the entrance to the hospital called.

A man with a black bandana tied around his head and a scarred face stood, holding a small black leather bag.

"Ibiki, what are you doing here?"

"I come here to escort injured criminals back to prison. However, I couldn't help but overhear the situation with Uzamaki. As far as I know, not filing a report on a severely injured patient is illegal and punishable by law. Do not worry Hokage, just call the order and their gone. I'm also the village executioner."

Inoichi couldn't help but smirk. It would have been illegal for him to do anything, but Ibiki had the right to do anything dealing with such matters.

"First, we will learn the full story. Everyone who has had Naruto as a patient in the two years before now, stand on the wall to the right. You are all under arrest."

Only eight people walked to the wall. That left three doctors and two nurses standing in front of the Hokage.

"Which of you have worked on Naruto in the past month?"

The question Inoichi had been waiting for.

A doctor stepped forward.

"What was Naruto in for."

"He…he had several stab wounds, a fractured rib, and a minor concussion."

"Is that all?"

"Yeh…yes sir."

"Ibiki."

Ibiki went in his bag and pulled out a small curved kunai. In one swift turn, the doctor fell to the ground, throat open and spewing. Now everyone was sure that the Hokage was one hundred percent serious. Another nurse stepped forward.

"I…I worked with him and the Uzamaki boy was also raped sir. He also had various wounds to his back and abdominal. His lower intestines were highly infected and we had to operate. I…I was the only one who operated so the surgery took long, but it was a success."

The woman at the desk called the notion true as she looked through the nurses file. For some reason, she had began to work quickly for the nurse, and seemed to had gotten scared when she stepped forward.

"Why didn't you make a complete report?"

"I…I wasn't supposed to operate. I'm only a second class nurse. If I would have put it as a complete report, I would have been fired."

"I understand. As of now, you are a first class, level A surgeon."

"Arigatou Hokage-sama."

"Now, the last thing I want to know is who deleted the files in the first place."

When no one answered, the nurse who was just promoted answered for them.

"All of them sir. It took everyone who worked with him to cover up, because they were planning a murder. The next operation that was supposed to be performed on Naruto was going to be sabotaged."

The doctors on the wall turned to look at her.

"Ms. Aika, be quiet!" A doctor said.

One glance at Ibiki, and the man was down. The Hokage waved his hand and every doctor on the wall was executed swiftly. The woman turned from the scene crying.

"Forgive me lord Hokage for not coming to you sooner."

"It is alright. You have atoned for not doing so by telling us what was going on. You, what is your name?"

He asked the woman at the front desk.

"Naniko Aika, her little sister."

"Fine. The Aika family shall be rewarded greatly for your help here. You too Ibiki, thank you."

"No problem, just doing what I do best."

"There is one more thing, Lord Hokage."

The nurse Aika spoke. She went over to her sister and guided her through a security file.

After several printouts, she pulled up the names of the people whose DNA matched those of the ones who raped Naruto. Inoichi took them.

"Lord Hokage, may I please-"

"Ibiki." The Third interrupted.

"Hai. Yamanaka Inoichi, as of today, you are now a B-rank leaf village executioner. You are limited to domestic disputes, and urban crisis. Have fun." Ibiki chuckled handing him a curved kunai.

It resembled a medical kunai but was more like a scythe. Before Inoichi left, the elder Aika spoke again.

"I…I heard of a fire at the Uzamaki residence. I think I may have a lead on to who the culprit behind the whole thing was."

Inoichi turned again, wanting to add one more person to his list.

"Who?"

"I don't know exactly who, but the person I heard from was Mizuki-san."

"Mizuki…" The Hokage growled. He turned to Ibiki who started laughing.

"What do you know. That's just the criminal I was escorting to prison. Looks like a little more interrogation is in order. Care to join us Inoichi?"

"No, I don't want those bastards who hurt Naruto to live any longer than I let them. If you find out who set fire to his apartment, tell me and I'll be on that just as fast."

Ibiki nodded and Inoichi left. The Third was already walking to Mizuki's room, and the Aika sisters were helping the entire time.

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It was late. Very late. She could only hope that by it being late, her father would here her out with a not so much cleared head. After asking several Hyuga if where he was, she learned he was in the court garden. She had already tucked Hinabi in to sleep, and now had her own business to take care of. Once in the garden, she saw her father in a Jyuken stance, panting and facing a thick tree with large dents in it.

"Father." She said as she bowed on her knees.

"Hinata, come here." He said not paying attention.

She stood confused and walked to him. Before she could ask why he called her, he pulled her into a tight hug.

"Forgive my rash decisions. I am only looking out for the well being of the clan. No, for you and Hinabi. I don't want to see you hurt."

"Fa-father…I-I."

He released her. "This is about the Uzamaki child, is it not?"

She nodded, mouth agape at the affection her father had just shown her.

"I understand that you think I am doing it because of spite, but I am not. I have not met the child and I wish to see if he is a demon or not for myself."

"Father what's gotten into you? You never care like this…or ever talk so much."

He smiled and laughed at his daughters words. She chuckled too, looking down. He sat down on the grass, and she did the same. After sitting in silence for several minutes, Hiashi touched Hinata's cheek.

"I am not cold hearted Hinata. I had to reflect on what you said. All of these years I have learned to hate that child because of the demon inside of him. I have forced myself, for your sake, to see that he is not the demon. He is the carrier. I have been over this countless times in my head, and I have to realize that you are growng up. If he is truly what you wish for then I will not stand in your way. Besides, your mother would scold me day in and day out if she were here. What I want you to know is that there are plenty of other people out there…preferably Hyuga."

"Father. You were doing good."

"I'm just saying, keep an open mind."

Hinata leaned on her father's shoulder. She didn't have to explain anything. Her father had come to an answer all on his own. Or had he? Had the thoughts of her mother actually persuade him to change?

"One more thing Hinata."

"Yes father?"

"If you are free tomorrow, I want you to…shadow tail Hinabi."

She moved away from her father.

"Wh-what?"

He sighed. "Hinabi is in the academy, and she is scheduled to return home at 3:30 exactly as you know. For the past few weeks, she has been coming home three and four hours late. I want to know exactly what she is doing."

"Bu-but…that's spying!"

"So? She is Eight years old, she needs no privacy."

"Father, she is still a girl! Why don't you ask her yourself?"

He turned away, but not before Hinata caught a flush of pink spread across his face.

"I…I'm afraid of the answer."

Hinata's eyes widened.

"No…no! Father, she's only eight! She wouldn't be doing that!"

"I don't know for sure Hinata. The way I've seen her looking at boys now a days is really disturbing, and not how a princess should be acting."

"What about me?"

"You're smart and too shy to try anything so I'm not worried about you."

"Wow, blunt much?" She said crossing her arms.

"Seriously Hinata. I do not want you nor Hinabi to get side tracked by such ridiculousness. If Hinabi is seeing a boy, I just want to be notified. I want you two to have freedom, but there is a limit."

He dismissed Hinata.

'Hinabi…with a boy? I never would have guessed…wait a minute! Then that means she got a boyfriend before me! What the-'

She mumbled to herself as she entered the room they shared. She glared at Hinabi before laying down.

'I'll follow Hinabi, but for my own reasons. Just a…worried sister thing.'

She told herself as she fell asleep.